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With candidate filing week starting Monday, Centralia Mayor Kelly Smith Johnston announced this week she is running for re-election for her at-large city council position in a campaign news release.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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A Friday morning news release from the office of U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, outlined a bipartisan-backed “Rural Internet Improvement Act,” aiming to increase access …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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The Chronicle featured a picture of W.F. West High School’s 1963 graduating class in its Monday, May 13, 1963 edition. The picture showed the seniors gathered outside, with girls in the front …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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A Rochester woman was charged with controlled substance homicide in Lewis County Superior Court on Thursday after law enforcement found alleged ties between her and an overdose-related death that …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/11/23
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Two teenagers accused of murdering 30-year-old Navjot Singh during an attempted robbery at a Toledo area Shell station last week entered not guilty pleas Thursday to all charges filed against them in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/11/23
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According to a notification from the Chehalis School District, W.F. West High School was placed in lockdown Thursday morning due to an “outside threat.”
Law enforcement was on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/11/23
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A 33-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly admitted to detectives with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) that she supplied fentanyl to a 57-year-old Lewis County man who …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/23
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It was unusual for Ostynn Farrier to be out driving very early in the morning, especially when he was scheduled to work later in the day.
So when his father, Ed Farrier, got a call from a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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Between a growing population and the increased potency and presence of opioids and other drugs, the area’s death toll from overdoses is already on track to outpace 2022.
In Lewis County …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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The first weekend of 80-degree days is on its way to Lewis County beginning Friday.
“We just wanted to make sure everybody was aware that summer is coming. It should be here on …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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Adrianna Garibay will be the newest member of the Centralia City Council.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the council held a special meeting to select a candidate to fill an at-large position on …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce had 157 students apply for the 10 scholarships — which total about $17,000 — it offers to graduating high schoolers in Centralia, Chehalis and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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After pandemic-related changes, the Salvation Army of Lewis County reopened its food bank on Monday, welcoming people back inside after three years of a menu ordering format.
“We are all …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/23
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Malicious Mischief
• Damage to the men’s bathroom at a playground in the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street was reported just before 8 …
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5/10/23
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Gov. Jay Inslee has rescinded a requirement that Washington state employees receive vaccinations for COVID-19, ending one of the strictest such mandates in the country.
Inslee made the …
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/10/23
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The Economic Alliance of Lewis County will host an Economic Forecast on May 17 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The event, sponsored by TwinStar Credit Union, will take place at The Juice Box, located at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/23
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A bill sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, allowing firearm transfers to museums was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday.
The legislation, Senate Bill 5436, exempts …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/23
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The Centralia City Council voted unanimously last month to purchase a drone system for the police department.
Funding for the new program includes $20,000 of American Rescue Plan Act …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/10/23
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The 19th annual Tenino Farmers Market opened on May 6, welcoming hundreds of customers back for the first sale of the year.
The market will run each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. …
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By Jacob Dimond / Nisqually Valley News
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5/10/23
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As spring storms moved through Western Washington this week, rainbows were a common sight.
And readers didn’t dissapoint when it came to capturing images and sharing them with The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/10/23
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